St. Cosmas und Damian (Köln-Weiler)
Parish church in Köln-Weiler whose Baroque predecessor from 1766 has been preserved; the 1910 organ was restored to its original specification in 2007.
The Cologne district of Weiler is home to two Catholic churches sharing the same name: the newer parish church of St. Cosmas und Damian and the historic Alt St. Cosmas und Damian, preserved in the old village centre.
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At a Glance
- Type
- Roman Catholic parish church
- Location
- Köln-Weiler, Chorweiler district
- New church
- completed 1925 on Regenboldstraße
- Old church
- plain Baroque brick building from 1766
- Named after
- Saints Cosmas and Damian
- Listed status
- protected monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Organ
- built 1910 by E. F. Walcker & Cie.
The organ of the Catholic parish church in Cologne-Weiler was originally built in 1910 by E. F. Walcker & Cie. for a Protestant church in Leuscheid; in 1964 it was sold from the evangelical to the Catholic congregation – and its tonal disposition was simultaneously changed from Romantic to Baroque.
The Old Church
Under Archbishop Friedrich I von Schwarzenburg, the church in Weiler was donated by the brothers Regenbold and Wezelo to the Cologne collegiate church of St Cunibert, to which it belonged thereafter. The Romanesque predecessor was replaced in 1766 by a plain single-nave brick building with a projecting west tower and a semicircular apse. The building remained under St Cunibert's until secularisation; the associated parish was dissolved during the French occupation and re-established in 1824.
The New Parish Church
As the congregation grew, a more spacious church was needed; it was built to the south on Regenboldstraße in neo-Baroque style and completed in 1925. Damage to the tower led to a modified reconstruction in the 1960s. The interior is covered by a shallow barrel vault, the side aisles have flat coffered ceilings, and the space terminates in a semicircular apse towards the chancel.
The Organ
The instrument was originally built in 1910 by E. F. Walcker & Cie. for the Protestant church in Leuscheid, with a Romantic specification of 16 stops across two manuals and pedal. In 1964 it was moved to Köln-Weiler, where it was re-voiced to a Baroque specification. In 2007, the firm Gebrüder Stockmann restored the stoplist to its 1910 state, added one stop, and dedicated the organ on Easter Sunday 2007.
Renovation
The church interior underwent a renovation in 2006. In the course of the works, the Sacred Heart altar was also renewed and decorated with brass panels by sculptor Hildegard Domizlaff, which had previously adorned the high altar.
Timeline
- 1766Romanesque building replaced by a plain Baroque single-nave brick church with west tower
- 1824Parish restored after suppression during the French occupation
- 1910Organ built by E. F. Walcker & Cie. for the Protestant church in Leuscheid
- 1925New parish church in neo-Baroque style completed on Regenboldstraße
- 1960erTower completely altered and rebuilt due to structural damage
- 1964Organ sold to the Catholic parish of Cologne-Weiler and re-voiced in Baroque style
- 2006Church interior renovated, Sacred Heart altar restored
- 2007Organ restored by Gebrüder Stockmann to its 1910 specification; re-dedicated on Easter Sunday
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